Combined ladder and board



Jan. 25,1927.

c. R. MILLER COMBINED LADDER AND BOARD Filed June 12, 1925 INVENTORATTORNEY Jan. 25, 1927. 1,615,715

c. R. MILLER COMBINED LADDER AND BOARD Filed June 12, 1925 '2Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR ATTQRN EY Patented Jan. 25, 1927.

UNITED STATES cam, It. MILLER, or ALVARADO, MINNESOTA.

COMBINED LADDER AND BOARD.

Application filed June12, 1925.

My present invention has reference to a combined step ladder and ironingtable.

The object is the provision of a device of this character in which thesupporting legs for the ladder are made up of pivotally associatedsections whereby the outer leg sections may be swung angularly over thesides of the ladder and secured thereto in a novel manner so that theinner legs will provide a support for a removable ironing board, the topof the ladder having a cleat for engaging the inner edge of the saidboard.

A further object is the construction of a device for this purpose inwhich the elements constituting the same are effectively braced when setup as a step ladder or when folded to provide an ironing board support.

A still further object is the provision of a device for this purposethat is characteristic of simplicity in construction, cheapness inmanufacture and thorough efiiciency for the purpose devised.

The drawings illustrate a satisfactory embodiment of my improvementreduced to practice.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a rear elevation of the improvement set up as a step ladder.

Figure 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a top plan view'thereot'.

Figure 4 is a plan view of the device set up to support an ironingboard.

Figure 5 is a sectional view approximately on the line 5-5 of Figure 4.

The step ladder portion 1 of the improvement is of the ordinaryconstruction, the side elements of which are braced, as at 2 and 3,adjacent to the bottom and adjacent to the top portions thereof. Thebraces 2 are in the nature of metal straps secured between the sides andthe lower step of the ladder while the brace 3 is in the nature of awooden strip that is also secured to the top or upper step portion 4 ofthe ladder. The top 4 has depending sides 5 having a dependingtransversely arranged cleat 6 between the said sides at the outer edgeof the said top 4. The step of the ladder, next to that provided by thetop 4 has secured on its under face an eye 7, and the side members ofthe ladder portion 1, below the eye 7 are provided with oppositelydisposed substantially L-shaped spring clamps 8. Below Serial No.36,691.

the clamps 8 there is secured to one of the steps of the ladder, throughthe medium of an eye 9, a rod 10 which has its free end hooked, as at11. The supporting legs for the ladder include an upper section 12 and alower section 13. The upper section has its-side members pivotallysecured, as at 14, to the sides 5 of the top 4. The side members of thelower section, at their points of contact with the sides of the uppersection 12, are cut obliquely, and are pivoted to the sides of the saidsection 12 by means 15. The supporting legs have transversely arrangedcleats 16 and 17 designed for lapping relation when the leg sections 12and 13 are in alignment. These cleats have central openings therethroughfor the reception of the hooked end of the spacer rod 10. Thiseitectively holds the supporting legs in proper spaced relation to thestep ladder portion 1 of the improvement. As the leg portions 13 aredisposed a greater distance away from each other at their cuter than attheir inner pivoted ends a comparatively broad brace is afforded theconstruction so that the liability oi. the tilting thereof will beavoided.

There is pivotally connected between the side members of the leg section12 the side members of a pail holding shelf 18. This shelf, when not inuse, is swung between the said sides of the leg section 12' and contactswith a round 19 between the side members of the said leg section.

When the device is to be set up as a support for an ironing board, thespacer rod 10 has its hooked end removed from engagement with the cleats16 and 17, and swung to engage the eye 7. The legs of the outer legsection 13 are swung on their pivots 15 to straddle the sides of theladder portion 1. This brings the cleat 17 of the leg section 13 toengage with the spring clamps 8, so that the device is held in theposition illustrated in Figures 4 and 5 of the drawings. A removableironing board 20 is arranged over the leg section 12 and has one of itsends also brought to engage between the said leg section and the cleat6. The cleat 16 is braced, as at 21, to the side member of the legsection 12 and the construction is such that the ironing board will befirmly supported, there being, of course, a binding engagement betweenthe side members of the leg section 12, and the under face of theironing board to force the latter into trictional contact with the cleat6. Thispressure is released when the leg section 13 is swung out ofengagement with the clamps 8. lVhen not in use the step ladder portionwill be swung against the leg portions 12 and 13, in which instance, ofcourse, the pail holding shelf is swung between the side men'ibers ofthe leg section 12 so that the device presents a small package when notrequired for use.

Having described clai1n:-

A step ladder having a top, provided with depending sides and atransverse depending cleat, legs pivotall secured to the sides of thetop, inward of the cleat, said legs each comprising two pivotallyassociated sections, the inner walls of the outer sections, at theirpivotal connections with the upper sections,

the invention, I

being beveled, transverse bars on the leg sections designed for lappingengagement when the sections are in alignment and said bars havingaligning openings therethrough, a hook carrying rod hung from the ladderand designed to have its hooked end passed through the openings forholding the leg sections in ali nment, said outer leg sections arrangedto swing over the sides of the ladder, hook-lil e spring clamps on thesides of the ladder to engage with the referred to bar on the outer legsections, and said outer leg sections, when so engaged, designed toswing the pivoted end of the inner leg sections toward the cleat toclamp an element between sa-i d leg sections and said cleat.

In testimony whereof I aliix nrv signature.

CARL R. MILLER.

